Oxford, MS – University of Mississippi

Exhibition: “The Civil Rights Struggle, African American G.I.’s, and Germany“
Photographs and Oral History at the University of Mississippi Museum
February 8 – March 11, 2011

Exhibition Opening:
February 8, 2011

Introduction by Maria Höhn (Vassar College)

The Croft Institute (University of Mississippi) has partnered with the African-American Studies Program to bring to campus a collection of photographs and oral history about the experience of African-Americans in Germany during the Second World War and throughout the struggle for Civil Rights. The exhibit, created by Maria Höhn of Vassar College and Martin Klimke of the German Historical Institute and HCA Heidelberg, shows how Germany emerged as a critical point of reference in African-American demands for an end to segregation and for equal rights. We are very proud to be able to bring this international perspective on an important aspect of American history to the U.M. community.

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